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Surah Fussilat (41) — Ayah 51
وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ ﴿51﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when We show favour to man, he withdraws and turns away; but when evil touches him, then he has recourse to long supplications.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذَآ
wa-idhā
And when
أَنْعَمْنَا
anʿamnā
We bestow favor
عَلَى
ʿalā
upon
ٱلْإِنسَـٰنِ
l-insāni
man
أَعْرَضَ
aʿraḍa
he turns away
وَنَـَٔا
wanaā
and distances himself
بِجَانِبِهِۦ
bijānibihi
and distances himself
وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
but when
مَسَّهُ
massahu
touches him
ٱلشَّرُّ
l-sharu
the evil
فَذُو
fadhū
then (he is) full
دُعَآءٍ
duʿāin
(of) supplication
عَرِيضٍۢ
ʿarīḍin
lengthy
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
51. 1 That is, he turns away from the truth and turns his side away from obedience to the truth and expresses arrogance.
51. 2 That is, he supplicates and beseeches in the court of Allah so that He may remove the affliction. That is, he remembers Allah in times of hardship, but forgets Him in times of ease; he cries out to Allah at the time of calamity, but when he receives blessings, he does not remember Him.
51. 2 That is, he supplicates and beseeches in the court of Allah so that He may remove the affliction. That is, he remembers Allah in times of hardship, but forgets Him in times of ease; he cries out to Allah at the time of calamity, but when he receives blessings, he does not remember Him.
